White House security clearance problems megathread

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Here's the NBC story on the large number of staffers with interim clearances: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/scores-top-white-house-officials-lack-permanent-security-clearances-n848191.

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White House to change clearance process:

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White House to change clearance process:

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why, for the love of whatever god you pray to, isn't this standard funking practice?

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should that be "had" if the paragraph above it is true?  I guess "has" may be acceptable, but "had" seems more accurate.  Assuming I'm reading everything else right?  Do I have the time line right....he didn't have SCI for the first year, but now he does?  Or is his SCI only temporary?  I'm pretty sure you can't get a "temporary" SCI clearance, you either have it, or you do not.  I think you can have a time expired one and be under a re-investigation and be ok, but not if it's your first one (they go deep on the first one).


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From other reports, it seems unclear whether Kushner is still operating under a temporary clearance, and if so whether he will be affected by Kelly's new policy.

During my time as a defense contractor (caveat: decades ago), there was no "temporary" clearance; an applicant was simply not allowed access to classified information until their clearance investigation was completed.  It took about two months for my Secret clearance investigation, which was a typical amount of time.  I was later upgraded to Top Secret (not SCI -- there was no intel aspect to my work), and that investigation took about six months.  During that period, I had access to Secret data but not TS.

It wasn't uncommon for people to be denied TS clearances.  Secret was almost always granted in the end; I only knew one person who was denied.  People who were denied or still under investigation were assigned only to unclassified work.

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WaPo reports that two weeks ago, Rosenstein informed McGahn that significant information requiring additional investigation would further delay Kushner's clearance.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/top-justice-dept-official-alerted-white-house-2-weeks-ago-to-ongoing-issues-in-kushners-security-clearance/2018/02/23/aa9b37c8-17f4-11e8-92c9-376b4fe57ff7_story.html

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All WH aides -- including Jared Kushner -- with interim TS/SCI clearances have been downgraded to Secret clearance: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/27/jared-kushner-security-clearance-downgrade-427178. 

For those not familiar with the clearance system, there are three general levels: Confidential, Secret, and Top Secret.  There are also additional designations for particular types of material, such as SCI (Sensitive Compartmentalized Information) for very sensitive intelligence-related material and others relating to specific areas such as nuclear weapons design, communications security, etc.  (Caveat: I haven't held a clearance since leaving the defense arena 25 years ago, so my information may be somewhat outdated.)

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